Many people are aware of the event at which President Donald Trump spoke then signed several new executive orders on tariffs in the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday, levying 10 percent on imports from across the globe and pushing back on Chinese tariff policies.
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But that wasn’t the only news on tariffs that dropped on Wednesday. In the evening, four Republican senators crossed the aisle and helped Democrats to pass a resolution meant to scuttle Pres. Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canada, by a tally of 51-48:
BREAKING: Four Senate Republicans joined Democrats to pass a resolution aimed at blocking Trump’s Canadian tariffs.
The Senate voted 51-48 in favor of the…